BELDNER v. TENNESSEE STEEL HAULERS, INC.

No. 5-98-0306.

706 N.E.2d 89 (1999)

Larry BELDNER, as Special Administrator of the Estates of Judy M. Beldner, Deceased, Hope F. Beldner, Deceased, and Brent Beldner, Deceased, and as Uncle and Next Friend of Brian Beldner, a Minor, Timothy Beldner, a Minor, Daniel Beldner, a Minor, and Bethany Beldner, a Minor, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. TENNESSEE STEEL HAULERS, INC., and Jeffrey Lynn McNeely, Defendants-Appellants (Dennis Wayne Beldner, Defendant and Counterplaintiff).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

January 28, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.W. Wilson, William B. Starnes, II, Edwardsville, for Tennessee Steel Haulers, Inc. and Jeffrey Lynn McNeely.

Jack Carey, Belleville, for Larry Beldner, as Special Administrator of the Estates of Judy M. Beldner, Deceased, Hope F. Beldner, Deceased, and Brent Beldner, Deceased, and as Uncle and Next Friend of Brian Beldner, a Minor, Timothy Beldner, a Minor, Daniel Beldner, a Minor, and Bethany Beldner, a Minor.

William J. Becker, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Edwardsville; Mark Goodman, Rosenblum, Goldenhersh, Silverstein & Zafft, P.C., St. Louis, MO, for Dennis Wayne Beldner.


Justice CHAPMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Tennessee Steel Haulers, Inc. (TSH), and Jeffrey McNeely appeal from the denial of their motion to transfer venue from Madison County to Williamson County on the grounds of forum non conveniens. We affirm.

Dennis Beldner and his wife Judy were traveling through Williamson County with their six children on November 23, 1996. Judy and two of the children were killed after a collision occurred between...

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